Storeroom rack



June 9, i925. 1,541,686A

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June 9, 1925. 1,541,686

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UNITED'- STATES CHARLES A. CLINE, or MARION, iowa.

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Application filed June 19, 1924. -Seria1 No. v721,060.y

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. CLINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useincluding repair parts for the shops, etc.,

and adapted to occupy such a position within a storeroom that both sides thereof will be accessible and comprising a main shelf and supplemental shelves arranged above and below the main shelf, a fixed platform arranged in alinement with the main shelf, and a fixed platform arranged in alinement with the supplemental shelf next above the main shelf. Due to the fact that the shelves are closely related, the platforms prevent easy access to the lower supplemental shelf and to the central portion of the main shelf, and this constitutes the sole known objection to the rack. f

This invention has for its primary object to overcome the stated objection to the rack, and to attain this end I so mount the platforms that they may loe moved upwardly and inwardly when it is desired to gain access to the lower supplemental shelf and to the central portion of the main shelf.

A further object of the invention is the provision of novel and simple means for releasably holding the platforms in raised position. f

lVit-h the above vand other objects in View,

the invention embodies the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a storeroom rack embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a view in end elevation'of the storeroom rack,

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 4,-4 of Figure 1, and

Figure is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the manner in which the supplemental shelf platform is supported in raised position.`

The rack comprises a plurality of pairs of relatively spaced uprights 1. The uprightso-f each pair are connected' together by cross pieces 2, 3, 4 and 5 upon which rest and to which are secu-red a lower supplemental shelf 6, a main shelf 7, and upper supplemental shelves 8 and 9. The cross pieces 2 and 3 are longen than the other erosspieces .and extend beyond the lateral edges of the shelves. These cross pieces are supported at theirv outer ends by short uprightsi'lO. The cross pieces 4 are longer than the cross pieces 5 and they project beyoud the lateral edges ofthe shelf 8.v The projecting ends of the cross pieces 3 form supports for the main platforms 11, and

the projecting ends of the cross pieces #1 form supports for the supplemental platforms 12. The platforms 11 and 12 prevent easy access to the shelf 6 and to the central portion of the shelf 7. rlhe rack thus far described is similar to the storeroom rack now in use in railway stations.

1n accordance with the present invention, the supplemental platforms 12 are connected to the uprights 1 by hinges 13 in order to permit them to be swung upwardly and inwardly when it is desired to gain access to the central portion of the main shelf 7. r.Fliese platforms are adaptedto be supported in raised position by springI catches 14 which are secured to the uprights 1 as shown at 15 in Figure 5. fllhe main platforms 11 comprise inner and outer sections 16 and 17` respectively, rlhese sections are united at their inner lower corners by hinges 18, and the inner sections 17 are connected to the main shelf 7 by hinges 19, in order to permit the sections 17 to be swung` upwardly against the uprights 1 and the outer sections 16 to be folded against the sections 17, as shown in Figure et, when it is desired to gain access to the lower shelf (3. The main platforms 11 are adapted to be held in their normal position and in their folded and raised position against casual movement by springs 20 which are secured at 21 to the under side of the shelf 7 and which are connect-ed at the outer platform section 18 as at 22. lVhen the main platforms 11 are in raised and folded position, the free edges of the platform sections 16 rest upon the cross pieces As the platforms ll and lmay be readily raised, and due to the fact that the spring latches 14C and the springs 20, are

adapted to automatically. function to hold the platforms in raised position immediately after they have been moved into such po.v

sition, it should be apparent that access may he readily gained to the lower supplemental Vshelf 6 and to the central Yportion of the main shelf 7.

It should he 'understood' that the draw- ;ings: are merely illustrative and do not-pre-4 tend to give exact proportions. Furthermore, the said drawings are illustrative' of a preferred construction, it being my eX.

pectation that various changes-and modifi cations may loemade Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:-

form sections, a hinge connecting the inner platform section tothe shelf, meansadapted to support the platform sections in ex- .-tended position intheplane ofthe shelf,

and spring means adapted tosupport the Aplatform sections folded one against the rother at an angle tothe shelf.

2. A rack of the character set forth, comprising a shelf, a sectional platform at each Side edge of the shelf, a hinge connecting the' inner-edges of the sections of each platform to permit the sections to be extended in the plane of the shelf and folded and arranged in a position at, right,l angles to the shelf, hinges connecting the. inner platform sections to the side edges of the shelf, means adapted tosupport the platform sections in extendedandr folded `gositions, and a spring positioned-beneath the shelf and secured at its ends to the outer section of eachplatform.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

-. f CHARLES, A. CLINE.

Vitnesses GEO, WV'. TOURS, LYMAN A. SMITH. 

